A blog about our family.
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Hourly predictions
Well here are the temperatures for the next few hours…we are working hard to keep our apartment cool, say at 26 or 27 degrees! Voici les températures pour les prochaines heures. On travail dure à garder l’appartement à une temprérature fraiche…disons 26 ou 27 degrés! FriJun 19 3 pm 31° C Precip:0% 4 pm 31°…
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Réveil parents
Aujourd’hui, surprise: à l’heure où “petit pin”, le lapin du réveil de Gadea (qui lui indique quand c’est encore temps de dormir où quand “petit pin” est réveillé), se réveil, pas d’appels habituels “papa, papa, petit pin despierto”. Mais Gadea qui se pointe dans notre chambre. Ça fait un moment qu’elle est capable d’ouvrir son…
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Graduation 1.0
In Spain, most kids start school at 3. While not compulsory, both public and private schools offer that cursus, and it helps avoiding guarderia fees (if in public) and helps securing a spot in your favorite school. Gadea is thus in her last months of guarderia (in Quebec she will have to get in something…
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First post back
We have been back from Lausanne for a while, but pretty busy. But not enough to justify not posting a little something. Our stay abroad was super, Gadea and Eyquem enjoyed a lot of playing time with Papito and Mamita, and it was nice for them to see their belgian cousins and great-grandparents. But more…
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Taking the plane
We are paying a visit to Mamita and Papito these days. Hoping to see Clea, the new cousin, too, but it seems that Eyquem and Gadea will not see her from close range, as she is very fragile and has spent some time in the hospital…So yesterday Eyquem took his first plane (Gadea is an…
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Eyquem hard at work
Eyquem, after 2pm, comes to the office to work. Well, to be truthful, he first eats and then works, and these pix are of him hard at work!Eyquem, après 2pm, se trouve au bureau. Pour dire vrai il mange tout d’abord, mais ensuite il se met bien au travail, comme le démontrent ces photos!
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Meeting the Maestro
I went to Madrid on the 18th of April for a bit more than 24 hours to see the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in concert, and to spend the day with Michel, the music librarian of the OSM, who got me back stage. I was very honored to shake hands with the maestro before the…
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6ème moisiversaires d’- Eyquem- ‘s 6 months Birthday
On April 15th Eyquem turned 6 months old, and after all that time exclusively on Mama’s milk, he got his first taste of (home made) cereals. He also got some gifts, and, in keeping with the guarderia’s tradition, Gadea got some chuches (sweets).Le 15 avril Eyquem a eu 6 mois, et après tout se temps…
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Eyquem’s first babysitter
There are many more things to show about the Easter craze here, but it merits its own page! To finish Semana Santa, we managed to get ticket for both WE corridas: the picassiana one (equipment inspired by Picasso’s paintings) of Saturday and the José Tomas outing. But corridas start at 6:30, so we needed to…
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Easter, take two – Pâques, prise 2
While I was happy to consider not having to drive 12 hours to be in Ponferrada for Semana Santa, I was not particularly enthusiastic about all the procession business. Thought one would be interesting from an anthropological point of view in that’s it. I have to say the one procession we went to in Ponferrada…